U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
10/06/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/06/2026 14:03
Tuesday, October 6, 2026New England Housing Innovations Spotlighted at HUD’s Innovative Housing Showcase
Region I Administrator Michael Banks Visits Adept Materials' Exhibit of Lilypad
MASSACHUSETTS - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spotlighted housing innovations from the New England region during the sixth annual Innovative Housing Showcase, held September 22-24, on the National Mall. This year's theme, "Made in America," highlighted American ingenuity and innovative approaches to expanding housing affordability and homeownership.
"Communities across New England continue to look at new ways to expand their housing stock," said Region I Administrator Michael Banks. "At the Innovative Housing Showcase, I was encouraged to see how local companies are working alongside HUD to build more homes and make the American Dream of homeownership a reality."
HUD's "Made in America" Showcase spotlighted American builders, manufacturers, and innovators' modern technologies and creative housing solutions that are expanding housing supply, lowering construction costs, and putting affordable homeownership back in reach for hardworking Americans. The Showcase featured a variety of full-scale housing models including manufactured, 3D printed, and modular homes built by American companies from across the nation.
Examples from Massachusetts
Adept Materials' first commercial product, Lilypad, a paint and primer system that helps manage indoor humidity.
A mockup and samples of Highland Park Technologies' prefabricated wall system. It demonstrated how incorporating prefabricated walls made offsite can improve quality, reduce installation time, minimize waste, and simplify the building process.
An exhibit of Reframe Systems' product line of all-electric, solar-ready accessory dwelling units, single-family homes, duplexes, townhomes, and small multifamily buildings. The exhibit also showed how vision-guided robots do the repetitive parts of homebuilding.
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